Journalists Who Cover Balkan Politics

Nidzara Ahmetasevic

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Nidzara Ahmetasevic is a journalist based in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She has a long career as a journalist working for various local, regional and international media on human rights, war crimes, and international affairs, migrations. Her work has been published in The New Yorker, Al ...

Richard Assheton

Marseille, France

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Richard Assheton has half a decade's experience reporting from across Europe, Africa and Asia for news brands including The Times, the Financial Times and the Guardian, covering global events and producing exclusive news and features. His subjects are not always easy interviews: he has sought out ...

Aleksandar Brezar

Rome, Italy

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Aleksandar Brezar is a journalist, factchecker and debunker with experience in a variety of media outlets, ranging from print and radio to television and online/new media. He also co-hosts Sarajevo Calling, a podcast on Western Balkans affairs. His work was featured in The Guardian, The Washington ...

Andrew Byrne

Brussels, Belgium

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Andrew Byrne is a Europe correspondent based in Brussels, Belgium.

Aleksandar Djokic

Belgrade, Serbia

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Aleksandar Djokic is a political and economic columnist and op-ed writer. Currently writing for Bloomberg Adria in Serbo-Croatian, Novaya Gazeta Europe/Russia in Russian and Euronews in English. Political scientist by education, with a past career in academia (lecturing and writing scientific ...

George Eliason

Luhans'k, Ukraine

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George Eliason is a journalist based in Roven'ky, Luhans'ka oblast, Ukraine. In 2014, I was the only journalist to go across the entire region doing invasive passport and weapons checks on the militias fighting here. 
From early 2014 I broke most of the important stories from the region. I scooped ...

Eraldin Fazliu

Pristina,

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Eraldin Fazliu is a journalist based in Prishtina.

Giorgio Fruscione

Beograd, Serbia

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I am a freelance journalist and fixer based in Belgrade, Serbia. I am the deputy director and main correspondent for the Balkans of eastjournal.net, most read Italian newspaper on Eastern Europe. 
I write news, reportage, analysis and features in Italian, English and Serbian language; among the ...

Kreshnik Gashi

Pristina,

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Kreshnik Gashi is a journalist based in Pristina, .

Eldin Hadzovic

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Eldin Hadzovic is a journalist based in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, with 20 years of experience in a wide range of topics and journalistic forms.

Elena Kaniadakis

Athens, Greece

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Elena Kaniadakis is a journalist based in Athens, Greece.

Iryna Matviyishyn

Kyiv, Ukraine

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Independent Ukrainian journalist, local producer/ fixer based in Kyiv. 2024 Václav Havel Fellow at RFE/RL.
Iryna has produced stories for NPR, Time magazine, The Times, Le Figaro, La Vie, La Presse, Tribune de Genève, Dispatch, and other outlets. As a reporter, she has contributed to the BBC, La ...

Natalija Miletic

Berlin, Germany

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Working in print, radio, TV and online as author, reporter, researcher, translator and fixer in Germany and Ex-Yugoslavia. Currently a freelancer for numerous German and Balkan media.

Ivana Miloradovic

London, United Kingdom

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Ivana Miloradovic is a video and mobile journalist with BBC background based in London, UK. Experienced multi-platform media professional, investigative journalist, geopolitical analyst and documentarist. In depth insight into European, UK and Balkan news and current affairs, political, economic ...

Marko Milosevic

Belgrade, Serbia

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I am a DoP, ENG cameraman and documentary photographer, based in Belgrade, Serbia.
Working for Serbian national television as ENG cameramen, I have shot more than a 3500 interwiews,
cultural events, breaking news, etc. As a DoP and camera operator, I have worked on feature documentary and short ...

Alison Mutler

Bucharest, Romania

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Alison Mutler is a journalist based in Bucharest, Romania and covers Romania and Moldova. I have covered Romanian current affairs, politics, protests, the EU, corruption, social issues, defense, NATO, lifestyle and sport for the past 30 years, 25 of those for the Associated Press. I also served as ...

Milivoje Pantovic

Beograd, Serbia

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Milivoje Pantovic is a investigative journalist based in Beograd, Serbia. He is specialized in the fields of domestic politics, foreign politics and culture. Milivoje was a journalist and editor in Serbian news agencies Tanjug and Beta, TV stations B92 and BK, newspaper "Politika", editor in ...

Lidija Pisker

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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A freelance journalist covering society, culture, travel and everything in between. I have worked with The Guardian, BBC, Euronews, Open Democracy, France 24, the Equal Times, and Radio Free Europe.

Jelena Prtoric

Zagreb, Croatia

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Jelena Prtoric is a journalist based in Zagreb, Croatie.